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Planner fee structures encourage closet indexing: study

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2 February 2015
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Financial advisers' fee structures abet "closet indexing" by fund managers, creating a clear conflict of interest between planners' earnings and their clients' best interests.

Such is the verdict of a Centre for International Finance and Regulation (CIFR) study, which found clients on the verge of retirement were too heavily orientated towards growth assets.

It linked the trend to the nature of planners' fees and said the findings support the banning of commissions from product providers.

However, it did not advocate the complete removal of asset-based fees.

"Asset-based fees still hold value," Professor Geoffrey Kingston from Macquarie University who led the CIFR-funded study said.

"The optimal investment strategy allows for both fee structures where income-generating assets are exposed to low risk and the remaining assets incorporate both a fixed fee and a fulcrum-style performance fee to discourage closet indexing."

Professor Kingston said the study found financial plans were "too fragile" around retirement, with inadequate disclosure of the risk.

He said Statements of Advice should be required to disclose the percentage of the planner's allocation to interest bearing securities with high credit ratings.

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